IBM System Storage EXP3000

Highlights

Support for up to 5.4 TB of SAS disk physical storage capacity (450 GB SAS drives) in a single enclosure

Support for up to 12 TB of SATA disk physical storage capacity (1.0 TB SATA drives) in a single enclosure

SAS or SATA hard disk drive intermix supported with select IBM System x™, IBM System p®, and IBM BladeCenter® servers using the DS3000 series of storage systems, MegaRAID or ServeRAID™ host bus adapters

Three EXP3000s can be attached to a DS3000 storage system to expand up to 21.6 TB of physical storage capacity when utilizing 450 GB SAS drives or 48.0 TB of physical storage capacity when utilizing 1 TB SATA drives

Telco model supports -48 V DC power supplies

NEBS and ETSI compliance for AC and DC models

50 GB SATA Solid State Disk drive supported in EXP3000 expansion units that are directly attached to System x servers via the ServeRAID MR10M SAS/SATA controller adapter installed in the System x server.

The IBM System Storage™ EXP3000 Express is a high-density 2U, 19" rack mount driven closure designed for supporting a total of twelve 3.5" disk drives.

IBM System x Server Attachment

Robust and flexible, the EXP3000 Express can be used as a direct-attach solution for IBM System x servers with support of MegaRAID or ServeRAID host bus adapters. Multiple EXP3000s can be connected to expand capacity and to help address your data needs today and tomorrow.

Solid state drives present an opportunity to simplify local storage infrastructure to help maintain overall maintenance and cooling cost, while considering remote storage solutions for end-to-end data availability as part of their System x ecosystem. Solid state drives are an appropriate solution for local OS booting, high performance input/output applications, and some local storage space. Increasingly, solid state storage may be a practical component in balancing datacenter cost, reliability, and manageability.

IBM System Storage DS3000 Express Series

The EXP3000 Express supports attachment to the DS3000 Express Series providing a highly available storage system scaling up to 48 SAS and/or SATA disk drives. Up to three EXP3000s can be connected to expand capacity and IOPs performance of the solution to help address your data needs today and tomorrow.

Common features

Affordable—A high capacity and robust solution for cost-focused budget

Flexible—Supports SAS and SATA drive intermix for tiered storage within a single enclosure